What is the difference between .gif and .htm?
- Extension
- .gif
- .htm
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Developer
- CompuServe
- Description
- A GIF file is an image file often used for web graphics. It may contain up to 256 indexed colors with a color palette that may be a predefined set of colors or may be adapted to the colors in the image. GIF files are saved in a lossless format, meaning the clarity of the image is not compromised with GIF compression.
- Commonly used by web browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer to show format text and images in an HTML web page. In plain text format, they contain markup code.
- MIME Type
- image/gif
- text/html
- Sample
- sample.gif
- sample.htm
- Wikipedia
- .gif on Wikipedia
- .htm on Wikipedia